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title: auspicious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «auspicious» in the school dictionary: Showing signs that something will go well; a lucky or promising start. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# auspicious

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**Who acts:** something, Winning, head teacher, we, Many families, Rain day · **What happens:** show, go, promise, win, be, begin · **To what, where:** Showing signs, first match, auspicious start, new library, auspicious occasion, auspicious beginning · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«auspicious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [auspicious in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/auspicious.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Showing signs that something will go well; a lucky or promising start.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:m1:1
# text = Showing signs that something will go well; a lucky or promising start.
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	promising	promise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | future | something | Showing signs and a lucky start *not said here* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Special and important, as in «on this auspicious occasion».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:m2:1
# text = Special and important, as in «on this auspicious occasion».
1	Special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Winning the first match was an auspicious start to the season.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x1:1
# text = Winning the first match was an auspicious start to the season.
1	Winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund |  | the first match |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Winning | a auspicious start |  |  | season |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The head teacher began, «On this auspicious occasion, we open our new library.»

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x2:1
# text = The head teacher began, «On this auspicious occasion, we open our new library.»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	On	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the head teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **open** *in a quote* | present | we | our new library |  | this auspicious occasion |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent library=Theme on occasion=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many families pick an auspicious day for a wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x3:1
# text = Many families pick an auspicious day for a wedding.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present | Many families |  |  |  | day | for a wedding | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rain on sports day was not an auspicious beginning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x4:1
# text = Rain on sports day was not an auspicious beginning.
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Rain day | a auspicious beginning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rainbow seemed an auspicious sign to the travellers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x5:1
# text = The rainbow seemed an auspicious sign to the travellers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | the rainbow | a auspicious sign |  |  |  | to the travellers | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was hardly an auspicious moment to ask for more pocket money.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x6:1
# text = It was hardly an auspicious moment to ask for more pocket money.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
11	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a auspicious moment |  |  |  | hardly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for more pocket money | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Red is seen as an auspicious colour at Chinese New Year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x7:1
# text = Red is seen as an auspicious colour at Chinese New Year.
1	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · passive |  | Red |  |  |  | as a auspicious colour at Chinese New Year | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as colour=Attribute |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No more auspicious talisman of luck and success could she have given her nephew, and she bade him use it in the hour of his greatest need.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:auspicious:x8:1
# text = No more auspicious talisman of luck and success could she have given her nephew, and she bade him use it in the hour of his greatest need.
1	No	no	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	auspicious	auspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	bade	bade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	28	amod	_	_
28	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | could · perfect · passive |  | auspicious talisman of luck and success |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient nephew=Theme |
| 2 | **bade** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | infinitive | she *not said here* | talisman |  |  | hour |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **need** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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